National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 3.1b

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Table 3.1b
Percent of persons with a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,^a United States, 1999 and 2004
		2004		1999
Population group		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		17.4	0.4	17.6	0.3
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	20.6	0.5	20.7	0.5
	18-44	17.2	0.4	17.6	0.4
	45-64	16.1	0.5	16.1	0.5
	65 and over	13.9	0.6	14.1	0.6
Race	AI/AN only	46.4	4.3	48.0	4.3
	Asian only	16.1	1.4	16.2	1.6
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	21.2	0.8	24.2	0.8
	White only	16.6	0.4	16.1	0.4
	Multiple races	20.8	2.0	22.4	2.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	25.4	0.8	23.1	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	16.0	0.4	16.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	21.1	0.8	24.3	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	14.6	0.4	15.3	0.4
Gender	Female	17.7	0.4	18.1	0.4
Gender	Male	17.2	0.4	17.2	0.4
Health insurance,^b age 0-64	Private	12.8	0.4	13.8	0.4
	Public only	35.2	1.0	38.8	1.0
	Uninsured	24.7	0.8	24.9	0.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	11.4	0.7	11.7	0.8
	Medicare and public	25.4	1.8	30.8	2.2
	Medicare only	13.8	1.0	14.0	1.1
Family income^c	Negative/poor	29.1	0.8	29.9	0.8
	Near poor/low	22.3	0.8	23.3	0.7
	Middle	15.7	0.5	16.2	0.5
	High	11.4	0.5	11.4	0.4
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	22.7	0.8	21.1	0.8
	High school graduate	15.7	0.6	16.7	0.6
	At least some college	14.0	0.4	13.9	0.4
Residence location	Urban	17.2	0.4	17.1	0.4
Residence location	Rural	18.0	0.8	19.0	0.7

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

^c Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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